ACC ~ Mark 7 v23

EVIL WILLED

BEDE: This is an answer to those who consider that evil thoughts are simply injected by the devil and that they do not spring from our own will. He can add strength to our bad thoughts and inflame them, but he cannot originate them. EXPOSITION ON THE GOSPEL OF MARK 2.7.20-21. [1]

[1] Cetedoc 1355, 2.7.1331; CCL 120:522; GMI 163*. Evil spins out of willing, not by simple coercion by demonic powers.